Paris or no Paris, India committed to climate protection: PM Modi

June 02, 2017 19:09

India is committed to protecting climate, irrespective the Paris agreement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said inSt Petersburg on Friday but avoided a direct reference to the United States withdrawing from the international deal.

Addressing the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said India has traditionally been respecting nature and desisted from exploiting it.

"Paris or no Paris, our commitment to preserving the climate is for the sake of future generations," Modi said while responding to a question about US President Donald Trump announcing withdrawal of the USA from the climate change deal.

He said he had made the same comment in Germany three days back when "nobody's comment had come", an apparent reference to Trump's announcement on Friday.

"I said it in then, I say it now," he added.

Trump earlier in the day said the US was withdrawing from the Paris climate change deal, agreed by more than 190 nations. He said it unfairly benefited countries like India and China.

Asked by the moderator whether India would side with the US or others on the Paris climate change deal, Modi replied, "it is not a question of which way I go. I will go with the future generations."

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